I want to thank the member from Newmarket–Aurora for this question and for her advocacy in keeping workers in her riding and across the province safe.

Speaker, our government, under our Premier, is leaving no stone unturned on our mission to make our workplaces the safest in the entire world. Ontario has one of the strongest safety records in North America, and that’s thanks to everyone—government, workers, labour leaders, and businesses—working together. But as long as workers are being injured on the job, our work isn’t done.

That is why we announced today that we’re investing an additional $12.5 million into Ontario’s six health and safety associations to improve training, expand their resources and save lives.

Speaker, we’ll continue to invest in education, prevention and enforcement to ensure that every worker returns home safely to their families at the end of the day.

Speaker, I can tell you, as Minister of Labour, that nothing is more important than the safety of workers. Hearing about fatalities is the most devastating thing that one can hear of every day. Every one of these workers had hopes, dreams and families of their own.

That is why today I announced that we’re updating our “working at heights” course to better protect our workers. Working with labour leaders, workers and businesses, our new course will cover working safely on ladders, skylights and equipment, as well as the use of PPE. And because safety is never the cost of doing business, our Working for Workers Act 3 is proposing to increase our fines to the highest in the country. We’re working hard every day under the leadership of this Premier to make Ontario work for everyone.